Voted today

Submitted by Treehouse on Tue, 2008/01/29 - 9:58pm.

I did my duty as a citizen and voted today. After perusing some voter guides and, of course, reading Knoxviews, I decided to vote in the Republican primary (though I kinda had to hold my nose). I can't decide which Democratic presidential candidate to vote for and since most of the Democratic candidates in the local races are unopposed, I decided certain local Republicans needed my vote the most. As for the Republican presidential candidates, I voted "uncommitted" and didn't choose one single delegate. I wonder if this type of "non-vote" will show up in the overall numbers?

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I have said it before, and

I have said it before, and will say it again. The way our primaries are set up is patently unfair. The taxpayers pay for this, we should ALWAYS be allowed to vote for whomever we want. No matter which party. Having to chose a party means that you typically will not be allowed to vote for someone in each race of your choice. So what then, don't vote in that race. Often I have picked the party primary that I can vote for most of the candidates I support, then try to vote for a lesser candidate to at least help out the ones I want to win. Our vote should count, in every race.

its not a non vote its an

its not a non vote its an uncommitted vote
yes it will be counted as such

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I enjoyed watching Lamar! on the tube last night telling us that he had already voted . . . . for Fred.


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Unless you are in districts 1 or 2 you can have the most impact voting in republican primary.

For the democrats in 4B, 5C, 8B, 9A, with none or just one D or I it seems a no brainer.

A good reason to vote in the Democratic Primary in 5c

Unless of course you're determined to what you can to help Amy Henley-Vandergriff win her primary for Clerk. I live in 5c and after meeting the various candidates for that office, wound up feeling pretty good about at least three of them. Talking to others and looking around at the various endorsements, without benefit of any formal polling, I decided one of those three (Briggs) was a prohibitive favorite to win in 5c and chose to go with the Democratic primary to support Obama and Vandergriff. It's not a very clear cut choice for anyone no matter where you live as to which primary to vote in. I continue to maintain that county primaries should be non-partisan with the top two going on to the general election. For whatever reason, party affilliation means less and less to me the closer the candidates are to my front door.

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